Richard Barrett. dying words (II) 2013 solo female vocalist with flute. performing score

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1 Rchard Barrett dyng words (II) 2013 solo female vocalst wth flte erformng score

2 dyng words (II) (2013) for solo female vocalst wth flte text: Heke-monogatar (13th centry CE) draton: aroxmately 9 mntes Trlls shold be rad bt always more or less rreglar n seed. lte trlls are normally shown n terms of fngerng snce the resltng sond s sally altered more n tmbre (and often stablty) than n tch. (L1) ndcates that the left-hand frst fnger exectes the trll, (R123) that the frst three fngers of the rght hand are sed together, and so on. A tch gven n brackets ndcates a fngerng whose tch mght not (always) be heard as sch, for exale when the embochre s closed by the ls. Notes and rests are often gven tradtonal tme-vales, bt these shold be taken to ndcate aroxmate relatonshs rather than lyng any rhythmcal recson. A sense of teo or rhythmcal reglarty shold be absent throghot, excet n bars 43 and 45. Materal n boxes s ntended to nterrt whatever contnos sond/rocess s takng lace n a bar, and to be reeated rreglarly as often as necessary (sally for reasons of breath-draton). Ther varyng wdths are ntended to sggest that ther dratons (and the dratons between them) shold be freely vared, bt are not roortonally-szed or -saced relatve to the horzontal extent of the bar. The Jaanese text s gven n translteraton, and shold be erformed wth as mch attenton as ossble to the ronncaton of Jaanese, whch ales esecally to the latters r and ( r s rononced almost as n Englsh, and almost as ü ), and also to gvng each honeme - many of whch last more than 20 seconds, an ndvdal color. Sometmes a vowel s gven n brackets, for exale sh() n bar 8, where the sh honeme sonds throghot bt the (and therefore the notated tch) s added only ntermttently, or n bars 2 and 3 where the vowel shold have only jst enogh resence for the vocal tch to be ercetble. Plosves at the begnnng of bars shold generally be heavly accented, to the ont of gvng an overblown transent to the flte sond deendng on dynamc. The erformer of dyng words (II) wll be rncally a vocalst, wth an alto range and some ablty on the flte. (A closed-hole nstrment s sffcent.) Alfcaton (and, n dry saces, reverberaton) wll be necessary n order to gve ntmacy and resence to the fne gradatons of tmbre and exresson n the msc. An magnatve and rovsatory aroach shold be taken to the notated materal, whch gves a draton and a startng ont n terms of flte fngerng and vocal tch and honeme for each bar, together wth some sggestons as to how t nfolds. The dratons shold be taken as ndcatng aroxmate and relatve vales rather than recse ndcatons - there s no need to se a sto-watch! - and the sggestons sholdn t be taken as defnng the lmts of what cold haen drng the bar bt the centre. In artclar, each bar shold exlore a new relatonsh between ts consttent elements: flte fngerng -> overblowng and/or mlthonc ossbltes, tch and tmbre alteratons by sbtle changes n fngerng and/or embochre oston vocal tch -> mcro-alteratons n ntervallc relatonsh to flte, ncldng beats wthn almost-nson tches vocal honeme -> mcro-alteratons n vowel-shae and color flte and voce dynamcs -> exlore varatons n balance between the two, ncldng more rad changes n dynamc ether synchronsed or nsynchronsed between voce and flte, and the effect they have on the cooste tmbre and textre In general, nhalaton wthn a bar s ether as short as ossble or wth a contnaton of the vocal sond. Ths the overall resson of the cooston shold be of an occasonally broken contnty as oosed to the broken slence whch characterses dyng words (I). All of the above shold be thoght of as the defalt staton when erformng ths cooston, before t s vared, extended or relaced by frther nstrctons gven for each bar (whch themselves may be exanded or agmented as desred). dyng words (II) s the second n a seres of three coostons whch tself forms art of a larger work enttled dyng words (resstance & vson art 2) for voce, flte, ano and electroncs. Thanks to Ute Wassermann, and to Andrew Botros (The rtal lte, htt:// Robert Dck (The Other lte, New York: Mltle Breath Msc Coany 1989) and John onvlle (Mcrotonal ngerngs for lte, San Dego: Jonon Msc 1987) On far away montans whte clods rest. The memento of a flower, whch ded off. The green leaves on to of the trees show the farewell of srng.

3 to rreglar alternaton, sometmes as fast as a trll (contnes whle nhalng) fff oss. (non dm.) nhale as necessary, contnng vocal sond dyng words (II) 3" (oen Bb) legato! ff y(a) f m(a) Rchard Barrett rad random actvty of R1, 2, " + ntermttent brsts of rad random actvty of R1, 2, 3 (exlore mlthoncs drng these) non dm. n etc. (each tch sbtly dfferent, wthn a range of to a semtone hgher or lower) 6" exlore effect of gradally or sddenly oenng/closng L1 ff k(a) 8" ff k(a) + ntermttent very bref brsts of rad random actvty of R1, 2, " ff (exlore mlthoncs) aertre closed (R123) oen sm. sm. sm. etc. (always varyng the dratons of nhalng and exhalng) nhale (+ rolled "R" honeme for flttertonge) 8 28" rreglar sf sh() alternaton exlorng mlthoncs (lke bar 1) nhale sh ("sh" throghot; "" formed n moth and ntermttently added) etc. (always varyng the dratons of nhalng and exhalng, lke bar 7) f ra 10 35" sf non cresc. k rreglar alternaton exlorng mlthoncs (L1) () (L1) (Dtr) () (alternate between sngle and doble trlls each tme) etc. (always varyng the dratons) and each crescendo slghtly smaller than the revos one... (L1) (Dtr) non cresc!

4 2 11 mo 2" non cresc. w(a) 2 ff (slow rreglar mcrotonal glssand) ch() (L3) (overblow) sh() etc. (always varyng the dratons) 14 (L3) ff r nhale as necessary, contnng vocal sond ntermttent (narrow) vbrato, ndeendent of flte (D trll key) f sere n (oen L1 brefly & rreglarly) nhale as necessary, contnng vocal sond 16 19" sh() random ndeendent actvty of both RH trll keys, exlorng nstable sonds - rreglar dynamc movements between these lmts, ndeendently n voce and flte let # gradally emerge from "sh" sond... nhale as necessary, contnng vocal sond 5" ha rreglar alternaton, sometmes as fast as a trll embochre-glss. as far as ossble 18 7" na rreglar alternaton, somewhat slower than n bar 17, exlorng mlthoncs embochre-glss. as far as ossble 1 no rreglar alternaton, agan slower, movng RH fngers slowly (qas glss.), exlorng mlthoncs sm. nhale as necessary, contnng vocal sond 3" ka ta 22 16" sere m rreglar melodc movements between these fngerngs, whle ndeendently addng and removng G# key voce: mcrotonal melodes sng smlar bt not dentcal tches to those n the flte (always n the same range) 9" () na rreglarly and ndeendently add and remove L2 and R1 sometmes as fast as a trll (n one breath!)

5 " rreglar alternaton, qas glss. r nhale embochre-glss. (sf) etc. (always varyng the draton between nhalatons) () very gradal glssando reeatedly nterrted by nhalatons f 2" embochre (oen) closed a o 4" ba radly back and forth between these fngerngs embochre-glss. as far as ossble 28 1 embochre n same oston as at end of bar 27, then glss. wards sere n oco rtardando... (normal oston) 13" m sometmes ntrodce mcrotonal glssand from the notated tches, sng the voce or flte embochre or both accel. molto " of both trll keys dm y +rad random actvty sto actvty of trll keys! wde ("Korean") vbrato start agan etc. (always varyng the dratons) and each crescendo begnnng at a ont frther along the overall dmnendo... each tme wdenng the vocal vbrato (dm.) () 31 20" rreglar random movements of tr,, C# and C keys, sometmes as fast as a trll sere vbr. r closed nhale senza vbr. oen vbr. etc. (always varyng the dratons bt otherwse nchangng) (no break!) "vocal fry" 6" closed (L123) ko 33 28" z (oen) ntermttent rad and random behavor sng all fngers and/or overblowng ntermttent rad and random behavor (ncldng "jodeln") - each retrn to B may be mcrotonally dfferent... nhale brefly as necessary, contnng vocal sond etc. (always varyng the dratons of and between rad events) (no break - legato!) e

6 4 17" 35 exlore mlthonc ossbltes (also occasonally wthot the trll key) sere n (embochre glssand) (slow rreglar mcrotonal glssand) sff etc. (always varyng the dratons between accentated sonds) 8" wa (don't move!) 37 9" ha (don't move!) 13" (for ths "glssando", fngers go down n the order L1, Lthmb, L2, L3, R1, R2 each tme) sm... (no accentaton) r etc. (always varyng the dratons, and each crescendo slghtly smaller) 39 7" no etc. sm. (rasng and lowerng fngers n a dfferent order each tme) 5" z na go (gradally overblow) nhale qckly once or twce () 42 13" r (G# key) sm... (R3) nhale as necessary, contnng vocal sond (mcrotonal "ornamentaton" smlar to flte) 1 (l1) non dm. exh nh exh nh etc. sm. zo o o o o o o o o o 44 non dm. o rreglar alternaton exlorng mlthoncs nhale as necessary, contnng vocal sond (slttng of tch sng tonge, n blrred alternaton wth flte embochre) aertre closed! close R1 and R2 brefly at rreglar ntervals sere sh() sh() hgh grace-note to low E each tme sh() sh() sh() sh()

7 5 10" 46 (L23) (R123) ma rreglar doble trll (hands ndeendent) exlorng mlthonc ossbltes (each sond wth a dfferent dynamc wthn ths range) r exlore dfferent tches and mlthoncs avalable wth ths fngerng bt mostly A (each descendng glssando des qckly away to a dfferent tch) 48 sere r (nh.) etc. (always varyng the dratons) when voce s alone, alternate between exhalng and nhalng, bt all the dfferent sngle and combned sonds shold have exactly the same dynamc level Berln 15 October 2013